Our Voice: Wait until next year

Immigration reform should be a top issue for Congress in 2014

11:14 PM,
Dec. 14, 2013

President Barack Obama waves before speaking about immigration reform at the Betty Ann Ong Chinese Recreation Center in November in San Francisco. During the speech, he was challenged by a heckler to use his executive power to stop deportations. The president said he cannot do that.

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Desert Sun Editorial Board

When President Obama captured 71 percent of the Latino vote in 2012, many assumed the Republican Party would make an effort to reach out to that demographic. Latinos cast 8.4 percent of the votes cast in that election, a number that will likely increase.

Latinos are among the fastest-growing minorities - second only to Asians, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Surely the GOP would make changes to remain relevant and preserve its future.

When the Senate passed a comprehensive immigration reform package by a healthy margin of 68-32 in June, many assumed the momentum would carry over into the ...